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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2016

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Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Oct.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016 Sep.2016 Oct.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -320,681 -74,582 -18,295 -32,921 -13,100 -24,784 -76,586 -63,537
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -306,768 -71,342 -15,288 -31,180 -11,656 -23,880 -75,476 -64,428
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -355,661 -12,276 -23,420 -33,531 -28,555 -44,162 -45,555 -45,257
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 22,397 -15,710 23,090 949 879 -17,413 -33,760 -7,822
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -8,224 -703 -1,666 -634 -498 -847 -528 -1,201
6 France 88,680 98,010 62,890 3,495 9,570 -4,136 5,961 13,239 7,930 928
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 -669 1,136 1,791 -1,334 683 613 -842 -1,818
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -3,460 1,191 -2,163 -308 2,240 -4,602 -1,083 1,761
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -21,396 -5,365 -6,334 236 -5,857 -4,017 1,505 -8,815
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -6,638 -658 -1,449 -861 -1,516 -558 -787 -467
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -1,100 155 -1,394 767 818 -1,115 -698 -264
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -6,324 -426 -565 -158 -281 -1,862 -1,988 -852
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 4,950 2,217 -61 3,955 2,369 -1,265 1,844 -1,403
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 57,075 -13,724 26,501 5,128 -75 -8,312 -23,138 12,581
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 2,108 395 15 146 2,694 100 -885 -202
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -56,815 -3,423 -1,155 -1,852 -5,659 -8,787 -15,091 -8,069
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 22,150 2,530 -110 3,142 3,257 9,614 -1,052 -2,064
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -40,087 -8,555 -3,992 -4,847 3,158 -670 2,192 -12,165
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -23,078 -1,659 -1,572 -2,476 3,982 360 480 -11,107
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -13,154 -6,652 -2,082 965 -429 1,165 2,824 -1,915
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -647 -1,144 117 950 8 3 -7 -139
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -3,208 900 -455 -4,286 -403 -2,198 -1,105 996
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -41,732 -44,006 -28,171 27,587 -278 13,102 2,552 -6,245
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -260,630 -3,438 -4,959 -56,649 -15,602 -27,802 -45,435 -37,496
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -154,472 -2,432 4,358 -28,035 -21,233 -19,158 -14,916 -25,740
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -26,272 -2,097 -4,063 -10,778 23 2,470 -1,358 -1,432
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -51,696 -1,742 5,819 -13,185 3,582 -9,259 -18,697 -16,106
28 Korea -1,516 229 6,970 -1,297 2,044 3,141 1,668 1,317 -358 364
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -13,545 284 -3,697 -1,829 1,034 501 -2,399 -917
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -21,615 3,846 -9,420 -5,963 -676 -3,673 -7,707 6,335
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -8,274 -697 -596 -1,144 -2,731 -1,400 62 42
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -191 -3 33 -41 79 -72 341 12
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -592 -1,466 -550 -218 -339 689 -35 1,322
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -13,913 -3,240 -3,007 -1,741 -1,444 -904 -1,110 891
  1. Official and private transactions in marketable U.S. Treasury securities having an original maturity of more than one year. Data are based on monthly transactions reports. Excludes nonmarketable U.S. Treasury bonds and notes held by official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  2. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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Last update: December 30, 2016